Mexico City (Abru). – Argentinian Benjamin Gammond, 23, after being attacked with a machete in Oaxaca, was expelled on Tuesday with an emotional caravan through the corridors of Mexico’s General Hospital “Dr. Eduardo Liceaga “, after his family decided to donate his organs.
“This is how we say goodbye to you, little brother of the soul, like a hero,” his brother Facundo posted in a video shared on social media, in which a nurse is seen pushing Benjamin Gamond’s bed through the hospital corridors.
In his wake, doctors and nurses take part in honoring Benjamin and his family.
Carmella, Benjamin’s girlfriend, also sent him off with a heartfelt message: “Hi Tarzan. Thanks for the love. I will love you a thousand more lives,” she posted on Instagram, where she also posted nine photos and a clip of herself with Benjamin.
On Friday, May 12, for reasons still unknown, Cruz Irving Martínez Flores, 21, of Ometepec, Guerrero, attacked the three Argentines with machetes at La Isla, in Lagunas de Chacahua, Oaxaca.
The three young men were treated by the municipal civil protection agents and rushed to the Ángel del Mar Hospital in Puerto Escondido. Two days later, Benjamin was taken to the Ángeles del Pedrigal Hospital, in Mexico City, after receiving a machete blow to the head and a concussion.
Santiago Lastra, 22, had a broken arm and Macarena Elia Gonzalez, 29, had surgery for a cut and fracture to his humerus. Both survived.
The Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and members of the Argentine Consulate General in Mexico arranged a coordinated trip to provide the necessary assistance to the three victims.
Benjamin lived in Mexico for two years, working in the gastronomy sector and traveling around the continent. He played rugby at Tala Club.
On May 15, the Oaxaca State Attorney General’s Office (FGEO) brought Cruz Irving before a judge on charges of assault.
Eyewitnesses confirmed the alleged perpetrator, and municipal authorities later directed him to the Office of the Deputy Regional Prosecutor of the Coast, based in Puerto Escondido, where he presents himself, awaiting a judge to settle his legal situation.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Public Prosecutor’s Office carried out procedures with specialized experts, doctors, chemists and criminals and provided a detailed report on the health status of the people who were attacked.
“A madman attacked them from behind.”
The mother of one of the Argentines who attacked, called Santiago Lastra, commented: “A mad man attacked them from behind with a machete,” noting that the other Argentine, Benjamin Gamond, and his friend were surprised from behind by this issue.
“It was something very unusual, terrifying, and unexpected. Santiago called me from the nurse’s phone. They were on vacation on the island and had arrived two days earlier. On Friday they were having lunch at a small restaurant on the beach, a small club on the beach, and a madman attacked them from behind with a machete. They were Panja attacked, the most severe case of the disease.”
He hits Santiago in the arm with a machete, breaking his hand and slashing his hand. “Benga struck three machetes on his head,” he said.
He noted that medical care was good throughout and they had the support of the State Department.
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